Guest Post by Bill Dunne, Managing Partner for Dunne Communications.
This advice goes especially for corporate speechmakers, the men and women in the daily grind of keeping their enterprises up and running, hopefully profitably.
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Posts Tagged: Presentation Training
Web-based video job interviews pose different challenges
If you thought that just because you use Skype or conduct Google video chats regularly you are ready for a web-based video job interview, blogger and career coach Megan Broussard suggests you think again.
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Don’t Get Buzzed: How to Use Buzzword Effectively
Voltaire once quipped that “one great use of words is to hide our thoughts.” A Wall Street Journal piece raised the issue of whether buzzwords actually obscure your message vs. serve as a shorthand code that everyone in an organization or social group understands. Read more
Conference Call Coping
Words we don’t usually hear: “Oh, boy, I’ve got a conference call coming up.”
OK, so perhaps it’s a good news call because you landed a new client with a knock-your-socks-off proposal. Read more
Media and Presentation Training FAQs
With 25 years of communications consulting under our belt at CommCore, we get a lot of the same questions about the need for executive media or presentation training. Our top questions:
Q: Our CEO has been conducting media interviews and making public appearances for years. Read more
Are your sound bites tweetable?
Twitter is now the platform of choice for communications- whether it’s protesters in the Middle East, athletes and other celebrities at an event, elected officials in session, or professional communicators announcing corporate news.
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The myth of “I do better in the actual speech or presentation than I do in rehearsal.”
For those who don’t like prep sessions, dry runs, murder boards, and mock interviews, here’s a bit of advice from the professionals who play on the biggest stages.
I recently had a conversation with Franc D’Ambrosio, the actor/singer who was awarded the title of the “Worlds Longest Running Phantom” (Phantom of the Opera).
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Making Statistics Sing and Dance! (Or at least a little less boring)
Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor, academician and statistician – but he is also an engaging and entertaining public speaker. He has captivated audiences large and small for many years and the world over.
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Presentations Riddled With Legal Caveats: Can A Speaker Still Make a Point?
I recently attended a day-long conference where the most compelling – even entertaining – talk was from a company’s legal officer explaining the parameters within which all spokespeople must stay when delivering a talk about their product.
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